We are in the Centenary of the Great Union, so it is appropriate to take a look back at those who, with great sacrifices, even with the price of life, changed the course of history, succeeded in achieving the centuries-long temptation of the Romanians in Transylvania, mother, brothers over the mountains. In the run-up to …
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Symbol of anti-communist resistance in Vrancea, Father Marcu was born on November 28, 1906, in Poiana, the Vrancean village, in a family with a priestly tradition. He suffered martyrdom in communist prisons for 15 years and went to the Lord through a violent death. Great Orthodox lover and lover of nation, he is still one …
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September 1 marks the beginning of the new church year in the Orthodox Church. According to the Jewish tradition, it is now considered that God began the work of creating the world, and at that time the Savior Jesus Christ entered the synagogue, where he read the text of Isaiah’s prophecy, chapter 61, 1-2, sealing …
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The cause of death and affection suffered by poet Mihai Eminescu remained for more than a century a mystery and an inexhaustible source of theories and polemics. Over the last 20 years, specialists have come to the conclusion that Eminescu was the victim of a gross malpractice case. He was shot down by a faulty …
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We see in the Gospel that obedience is defined as a source of grace, as a source of peace in our hearts. Thomas lives what we all live, hears and does not believe, and then sees Christ and seems not to believe. Only when the dialogue with Christ begins, Thomas’s doubt is overcome, and Thomas …
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On March 27, 2018, a century has passed since the first event that gave rise to the Great Union: the Adoption by the Country Council of Chisinau of the Declaration of Unification of Bessarabia with Romania. Bessarabians had thus started their own revolution by affirming the desire to go on a different road than that …
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Born May 16, 1898 in a family of teachers, Liviu Galaction Munteanu was originally from Cristian, Brasov County. He was formed as a theologist at “Andrei Şaguna” High School in Braşov and at the Theological and Pedagogical Institute of Sibiu, then at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuţi, where he obtained his doctorate. It was …
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Continue reading Worship the Myrrh Streaming Icon of the Mother of God, from Hawaii – September 17, 2018
By the grace of God and the intercession of our saints, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel and the support of Father Dan Hoarste, the Vicar of Canada, the Miraculous and Myrrh Streaming Icon of the Mother of God, from Hawaii, will be in our church for worship on Saturday, February 17, 2018. …
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Many people talk about humility, many people talk about freedom, but very few understand that these two are the same thing. I did not propose to make a prayerful translation of St. Ephraim’s prayer, but I will use it because it is the most representative and most famous of the nine Christians today. Even to …
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